The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-04-30
EDITED ~ SAnAE =. McPY,n.oN
A FAITHFUL GOD.

AhNfAN 80 80 A&2PAA1N3 "
the city OF Rochelle Was besicged,
and the inhabitants were dying of
famine, history tells us that there
was washed upon the beach ar
n, yer before, and rs never since.
enough shtll-hsh to feed the Whole
CITY. God il good, God is gracious,
God is boun,iful In 1885, IN En-
gland, there was great drought,
and in Essex umOng the rocks
where there had been nothing
planted and nothing cultured, lis
tory tells us there came up a great
crop of peas, enough to fill "a hun.
dred measures, and there we're
enough blessoming vines proinis-
ing as much more. Oh, God is
good, Goo Is gracious
need not go 3 far. | could
find about five hundred instances
this morning in your family msto-
ry, illustrating that God takes care
Of HIS dear children. The morn
ing | left home 20 earn my own
livelihood, my father, who had q
way OF improving circumstances,
said to- me "Ds Witt, 1 am nm
old man now, but | want to tell
yOn one thing | have during tile
course st my lite come up 20 nv
last dollar but when that was
spent, god always provided. Trust
the Lord and yeG will never want
any good thing" Was not that II
good thing to say to a boy inst
starting cut in the world / have
found it true. In my family line
there was an incident that | tried
to mention. but | only had part Of
the facts. 7 have them now fresh
from a member Ct my own family.
There was "a great dr"uglt up in
New England, in Connecticut, and
the crops wers failing, and the
cattle were dying for lack Of water.
Mr.. Birdsny, a Christian man, had
his ca,El~ and herds driven down
into The valleys to get water. This
went on for u while, and finally
the neighbors said
Mr.. Birdsey, you mustn't send
your cattle down here to use our
waters ; eur waters are failing us
we are all going to die together 4;
do not send your herds and hocks
down here any more"
So MI. Birdsey went back to his
house on the hill, and called his
family tSgether-alss his slaves
for slavery was in vogue IN Com
necticut-and he read a passage Of
Scripture, then they all kneIt down
and prayed God for water ; and
there was great sobbinS and weep
ing Mt the f.mily altar because the
herds were perishing and there
WAS prospect that the fanny
would die of thirst. They arose
from their knees, and Mr. Birdeey
took u staff and walked ont over
the hills, hardly knowing why or
where no walked and going along
q place whers he had been scores
of times, and never noticed any
thing special, he saw the ground
was very dark, and he thrust his
staff into il, and bored iato it, and
water flowed forth. lie beckoned
~ his slaves and his servants to
come, and he told them 10 bring
buckets end 90 bring pals, and
they were hE'nght, and water was
taken TO she house, and taken to
the barn, and then 3 trough was
placed there and a larger excaya
tioR was made. and the waters
poured IN, and in larger volume,
and have been pouring in ever
since. 1t ia a perennial spring
that is pouring now.
II you put God on trial and con.
denim Hin or being guilty OF crn-
city, to-day | move \ new trial II
your biography is ever written,
a tell you what the first chapter
will be about, ana the second chap
tor, and the middle thtptpr. and